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For the 2 Week Drabble Competition over on Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry (Challenges & Assignments)

Pairing: Walden/Andromeda Black

Dialogue Prompt: "I have to know if she's alright." / "Why?" / "Because I love her!" / "Alright, gay..." - Shaun of the Dead

Word Count: 183


Because I Love Her

"I have to know if she's alright," Walden demanded, trying to push his way past Bellatrix and enter the hospital room.

"Why?" Bellatrix asked incredulously, blocking his route.

"Because I love her!" he blurted out quickly.

It only took him a split second to realise the enormity of what he had just said.

Did he love Andromeda?

Sure, he liked her, and the bedroom action was more than adequate. He missed her more than he cared to admit when she wasn't around, and found any excuse to contact her.

And when he had heard about the accident, he had felt as though his heart had been ripped out of his chest.

Yes, he could safely say he was one hundred percent in love with Andromeda Black.

"Alright, gay..." Bellatrix snorted dismissively, moving out of the way to let the desperate man past. "I still don't get what you see in Dora though – she's so blah, and you're not."

"Well of course you wouldn't. You haven't got a clue what love is," Walden bit back, before racing through the door to see his love.